TrackMyJourney

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TrackMyJourney
TMJ Touchscreen Buttons.png
Author: Stephen Dartnall
License: Proprietary (12/18 EUR for 6/12 months)
Platforms: Java ME and BlackBerry OS
Version: 0.8.0 (2011-12-01)
Language: English
Website: http://www.trackmyjourney.co.uk
Programming language: Java

Limited Free Version Available

Features
Feature Value
Map Display
Display map yes
Map data raster;vector
Source online;cache;offline
Rotate map yes
3D view yes
Shows website
?
Shows phone number
?
Shows operation hours
?
Routing
Routing yes
Create route manually
?
Calculate route
?
Create route via Waypoints
?
Routing profiles car;bike;foot
Turn restrictions
?
Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing)
?
Routing providers
?
Avoid traffic
?
Traffic Provider
?
Navigating
Navigate yes
Find location yes
Find nearby POIs yes
Navigate to point yes
Navigation with voice / Voice guidance no
Keep on road yes
Lane guidance
?
Works without GPS partial
Navigate along predefined route
?
Tracking
Make track yes
Customizable log interval yes
Track formats
?
Geotagging audio;photo;note
Fast POI buttons yes
Upload GPX to OSM yes
Monitoring
Monitoring yes
Show current track yes
Open existing track yes
Altitude diagram yes
Show POD value yes
Satellite view yes
Show live NMEA data yes
Show speed yes
Send current position yes;www
Editing
?
Rendering
?
Accessibility
?
TMJ 3D Vector Maps BB8900.png

TrackMyJourney and TMJ-Mobile are an integrated website and Java ME application created by User:Stephen, offering several OSM-related mapping and navigation functions.

GPS Recording

TMJ-Mobile uses the phone's internal GPS or an external Bluetooth GPS device to record a track of your walk, cycle, run, etc., showing detailed track statistics and speed/altitude graphs. GPS data can also be logged directly to a GPX or NMEA file suitable for use in JOSM or for uploading to OSM. (Note: for use in OSM it is recommended to use an external Bluetooth GPS device for better traces.)

Raster Maps

Online raster map tiles can be loaded on the phone direct from the OSM or CloudMade tileservers. Raster maps can also be pre-generated from PNG/JPEG map images using the TMJ MapOrganiser utility, or saved in the standard OSM zoom/col/row.png folder structure and stored on the phone's memory card for completely offline use.

Vector Maps

Vector map tiles are generated on the TMJ server and offer several benefits over raster tiles:

  • usually significantly smaller in filesize, depending on location
  • displayable in both 2D and 3D
  • higher zoom levels contain a searchable gazetteer of local POIs and streetnames
  • most items contain an embedded OSM way or node ID which can be queried in the phone's browser to view the live raw OSM data.
  • streets without names can be highlighted to give a simple 'no-names' view, without the need to load a separate tileset
  • embedded route relations for displaying bus routes, walking routes, etc.
  • customisable colour schemes without needing to load separate tilesets

Please be aware that vector maps are no longer being updated - see http://www.trackmyjourney.co.uk/?page=forum&forum=2&thread=704 for details.

Waypoints

Waypoints/POIs can be added on the phone and exported for use in JOSM.

Routing / Geocoding

Uses CloudMade and CycleStreets services to provide basic turn-by-turn navigation and place/street/POI lookup from OSM data.

Website Integration

The current tracks and live location can optionally be uploaded to your TMJ account on the website for later examination, and for sharing with friends. Waypoints can quickly be added via the website and synchronised with the phone.

Note that some features of TMJ are limited in the free version - see the website for details.